Garbage Haulers To Receive $12 Million

The eight garbage haulers that serve Broward`s unincorporated areas will receive $12 million over the next three years as a result of a County Commission decision to extend their contracts.

Originally, the commission had planned to extend the contracts only a year because a plan to annex unincorporated areas into the cities appeared imminent. With the demise of that plan, at least for now, the commission decided on Tuesday to extend the contracts.

Currently, residents of unincorporated areas pay $117.90 a year for garbage pickup, a fee that is included on property tax bills.

The haulers include six independent firms, Browning Ferris Industries and Broward Disposal, a subsidiary of Waste Management Inc. Each picks up garbage in its particular district.